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Fournier RF47 in the US?
Does anyone know of any examples of the Fournier RF47 registered and flying
in the US? It's supposed to be a JAR VLA bird, 2 seater, 119kt vne, 620kg gross. Looks interesting, but I have only found Fournier motorgliders on the registry, all experimental exhibition? Juan -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Fournier RF47 in the US?
On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 14:03:25 -0400, "Juan Jimenez" wrote:
Does anyone know of any examples of the Fournier RF47 registered and flying in the US? It's supposed to be a JAR VLA bird, 2 seater, 119kt vne, 620kg gross. Looks interesting, but I have only found Fournier motorgliders on the registry, all experimental exhibition? Juan, no luck on my search of the January 2006 registration database. A brief search online shows one for sale in France, none registered in Great Britain, and two web pages (date of last updates unknown...) that say, "will be put into production one day." Were they actually produced, or is that one for sale in France the only existing example? Sounds like "E.I.S. Aircraft GmbH" is the successor company to Sportavia-Putzer. My database did show one RF-5 as "Experimental Amateur-Built" (N66GL), but nothing outside of the experimental category. Ron Wanttaja |
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Fournier RF47 in the US?
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:12:03 -0700, Ron Wanttaja
wrote: Sounds like "E.I.S. Aircraft GmbH" is the successor company to Sportavia-Putzer. OTOH, it appears another company was involved in the RF-47.... Ron Wanttaja |
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Fournier RF47 in the US?
"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message ... On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 14:03:25 -0400, "Juan Jimenez" wrote: Does anyone know of any examples of the Fournier RF47 registered and flying in the US? It's supposed to be a JAR VLA bird, 2 seater, 119kt vne, 620kg gross. Looks interesting, but I have only found Fournier motorgliders on the registry, all experimental exhibition? Juan, no luck on my search of the January 2006 registration database. A brief search online shows one for sale in France, none registered in Great Britain, and two web pages (date of last updates unknown...) that say, "will be put into production one day." Were they actually produced, or is that one for sale in France the only existing example? Sounds like "E.I.S. Aircraft GmbH" is the successor company to Sportavia-Putzer. My database did show one RF-5 as "Experimental Amateur-Built" (N66GL), but nothing outside of the experimental category. Ron Wanttaja I haven't had much luck either. What I have been told is that the company that was manufacturing the aircraft went out of business. I know the one for sale in France, is that the one at 35,000 euros? The factory completed major components and those were apparently dispersed when they went belly up. At least one is alleged to be close to completion with a Rotax 912S and an Airmaster constant speed prop. I keep finding comments that it is supposed to be an excellent aircraft for flight training, but I guess that's from the brochures... Juan -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Fournier RF47 in the US?
"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message ... On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:12:03 -0700, Ron Wanttaja wrote: Sounds like "E.I.S. Aircraft GmbH" is the successor company to Sportavia-Putzer. OTOH, it appears another company was involved in the RF-47.... Ron Wanttaja I don't think SportAvia was doing, or planning to do anything with the RF47. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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